· Sports-lover Max Hunter sadly died by suicide in August 2019
· Eight of Max’s friends are now working with national charity The Mintridge Foundation to launch The Max Hunter Fund
· ‘28 Not Out’ will kick-start the fundraising for the fund in July and will raise money for the very first mentoring programmes
· The 28-hour fundraising event includes an online sports and mental health panel with Leicester Tigers Rugby Star, Dan Cole
Read MoreIt is safe to say that school sport in 2020 has looked a little different to that of any other before, but we here at Mintridge have been determined that everyone being at home won’t stop us harnessing the power of sporting role models to promote physical and mental wellbeing in young people.
The Youth Sport Trust and Sky Sports team have united the country through sport with National School Sport Week at Home between 20th and 26th June and together with Squadkit, we have joined the nation!
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A special Mintridge programme drew to a close last week and we
wanted to share a little more about it with our community; it certainly brought
weekly smiles during a tough few months.
We are really excited as we have recently partnered with EasyFundraising to help
support mentees (past and present) to help generate funds towards their
sporting journeys which we know is very tough. Whether you are a mentee and you
need to fund your training equipment, travel expenses or a coaching
qualification or a parent of a young person, your options to get funds can be
complicated.
A special Mintridge programme drew to a close last week and we
wanted to share a little more about it with our community; it certainly brought
weekly smiles during a tough few months.
We are really excited as we have recently partnered with EasyFundraising to help
support mentees (past and present) to help generate funds towards their
sporting journeys which we know is very tough. Whether you are a mentee and you
need to fund your training equipment, travel expenses or a coaching
qualification or a parent of a young person, your options to get funds can be
complicated.
We are really excited as we have recently partnered with EasyFundraising to help
support mentees (past and present) to help generate funds towards their
sporting journeys which we know is very tough. Whether you are a mentee and you
need to fund your training equipment, travel expenses or a coaching
qualification or a parent of a young person, your options to get funds can be
complicated.
This week we are focusing on two inspiring sportsmen, both of whom have shown incredible resilience and hard work to get where they are today. They also both love sharing their experiences to the next generations.
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We are really excited as we have recently partnered with EasyFundraising to help
support mentees (past and present) to help generate funds towards their
sporting journeys which we know is very tough. Whether you are a mentee and you
need to fund your training equipment, travel expenses or a coaching
qualification or a parent of a young person, your options to get funds can be
complicated.
These two ladies are such vocal and passionate ambassadors, helping us to spread the Mintridge message! Eboni made her England Netball debut in 2008 at the age of 20 against Malawi and has gone on to win a gold medal for England with the England Netball team. Olivia gained her first international cap for Scotland in 2011 against Japan and has an incredible 76 caps to her name. Both are incredibly inspiring Mintridge ambassadors!
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The Mintridge Foundation hope that you are all safe and well
during this very uncertain time, and we hope that we have a little bit of good
news that will help cheer you up…
We are really excited as we have recently partnered with EasyFundraising to help
support mentees (past and present) to help generate funds towards their
sporting journeys which we know is very tough. Whether you are a mentee and you
need to fund your training equipment, travel expenses or a coaching
qualification or a parent of a young person, your options to get funds can be
complicated.
The Mintridge Foundation hope that you are all safe and well
during this very uncertain time, and we hope that we have a little bit of good
news that will help cheer you up…
We are really excited as we have recently partnered with EasyFundraising to help
support mentees (past and present) to help generate funds towards their
sporting journeys which we know is very tough. Whether you are a mentee and you
need to fund your training equipment, travel expenses or a coaching
qualification or a parent of a young person, your options to get funds can be
complicated.
Continuing our spotlight on our ambassadors, this week we’re homing in on two more inspiring women.
Shona McCallin is probably most well known for being one the Great Britain Hockey team who won Britain’s first ever Olympic Gold Medal for Hockey at the Rio Olympics and Nekoda Smythe-Davis looks to be a genuine medal hope for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Read MoreOur ambassadors are the perfect people to look towards for some inspiration right now. Most of them have faced what seems like an impossible dream but have put in the work and effort to make it a reality… often with a few bumps along the way.
Meet Asma Elbadawi and Evie Toombes, incredible sports people and fantastic ambassadors for ‘sport for all’.
Read MoreAt the end of last week, we launched our #771 challenge. 7 friends, 7 days, one marathon. As you will be aware, many funding events have been cancelled and so many of our community fundraisers have been unable to complete their 5ks half marathons and marathons to raise money to allow us to continue supporting young people through sport. 771 was an opportunity for them to put their training to use and for you to get involved and raise some money too.
We couldn’t have ever imagined what a positive event it would become, all thanks to you guys.
Read MoreA little (ok, pretty big) Mintridge #winoftheweek is thanks to two of our amazing community fundraisers. They weren’t going to let a little thing like a worldwide pandemic get in the way of all their training and they certainly didn’t want to let everyone who sponsored them down.
Read MoreThe Sunday Times first learnt of The Mintridge Foundation when our founder, Alex Wallace (nee Paske) was awarded the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year - Grassroots award. This was a huge moment for Alex personally (for whom The Mintridge Foundation and the work they do is a passion) and a small charity such as The Mintridge Foundation. Little did she know at the time that this award would lead onto such an incredible partnership.
Read MoreWe at the Mintridge Foundation felt that we couldn’t just shut up shop until this all blows over. Therefore, we have had to adapt and change the way we work. Luckily for us, sport has taught us, our partners and our ambassadors the skills of adapting and resilience already, so we were already half-way there.
Read More It was a great start to our weekend for Team Mintridge, as we attended St Christopher’s School for their first football festival with the amazing Rachel Yankey OBE. We were so excited for an afternoon of football, fun and matches with
our experienced former England and Arsenal player.
It was a wonderful day for Team Mintridge, as we returned to Roedean School for a jam-packed day of netball skills, drills, tactics and workshops with the amazing England Roses and Saracens Mavericks Superleague netball captain, Sasha Corbin.
